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BrandAcoustic Research
MPNE69956
eBay Product ID (ePID)1481964771
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ConnectivityWired
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- 09 Sep, 2016
Rogers LS3/5a...eat your heart out
The Acoustic Research 18S evolved from the AR/6/7/18 series with an uprated ferro fluid cooled tweeter and what AR eventually described as their ' Universal ' woofer coupled with a 'New Look'. AR had realised that the previous series were at best utilitarian in looks, concentrating on the 'sound' believing that the average buyer was more concerned with 'how it sounded' over what it looked like...but it dawned on them eventually that the female in the house wanted a speaker to be a piece of furniture as much as a purveyor of sound. They put their heads together and came up with the 'S' series designed to look and sound nice. They succeeded. The 18S has been described as a 'Nearfield Monitor' by the cognoscenti believing that it challenged the mighty Rogers LS3/5a in reproducing as clinically accurate a sound that any recording engineer would love. And so over the last twenty to thirty years the 18S has achieved 'cult' status as the must have of bookshelf sized speakers. No mean feat for a relatively cheaply made - vinyl enclosed - budget speaker....but keep this to yourself or they will all want one.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
